There is a useful tree of the Germanic language group in this pdf, page 5: <http://assets.cambridge.org/97805216/62277/excerpt/9780521662277_excerpt.pd f>
From: http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521717991&ss=e xc It is followed by a 'wave' diagram which attempts to overcome some of the problems of using a tree to represent language families. Nobody disagrees that English and Frisian are very closely related, but English is not descended from Frisian. It's not enough just to count vocabulary. B > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Tim Bray > Sent: 11 June 2012 19:57 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT OM-D OMG! > > Actually, if you go through an etymological dictionary and count the > inheritance of English words, various flavors of Frisian are the leader > by a fairly wide margin. French is right up there too. But I agree > that the bastard child explanation, naming only two languages, is > unduly limiting. There is also a heavy Scandinavian influence; on top > of which, there wasnt just one Frisian; it came in old and new, high > and low, east and west flavors. -T > > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It's descended from Frisian in the same way that humans are descended > > from chimps. That it is to say, not. They have a common ancestor. > > > > B > > > > > > > > Modern English is a vibrant living language that's the bastard > child > > > of Frisian and French. What would you expect > > > > > > Bruce Walker wrote: > > > > English appears to be a dead language too. LOL! WTF? etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:59 PM, P. J. Alling > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Latin's a dead language, > > > >> as dead as it can be. > > > >> First it killed the Romans, > > > >> and now it's killing me. > > > >> -some anonymous school boy. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Bipin Gupta wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Hey Bob, LATIN is "RIP". It is a dead language. Even the > > > >>> Catholic Church gave up Sunday Mass in Latin a long time ago. > > > >>> But here is a lovely LATIN Prayer I learnt long time ago at > > > >>> public > > > school. > > > >>> > > > >>> Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. > > > >>> Benedicta tu in mu-li-eri-bus, > > > >>> Et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. > > > >>> Sancta Maria Mater Dei, > > > >>> Ora pro nobis pecca-to-ri-bus, > > > >>> Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae, > > > >>> Amen. > > > >>> > > > >>> When Hiroshima was destroyed by the atom bomb, some (5 or 6) > > > >>> Jesuit Padres were left unscathed just (1) Km from the bomb's > epicenter. > > > Why? > > > >>> Because they chanted this prayer daily. > > > >>> > > > >>> May the Force be with you. > > > >>> Bipin - from a far away enchanted land. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll > want > > > >> to avoid a lengthly search. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > > > >> above and follow the directions. > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want > to > > > avoid a lengthly search. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > > and follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and > > follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
